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5 6 NOT-SO- EASY ADVICES : Fellowship’s Relativity, Asymmetry, and Janus-Syndrome

5 6 NOT-SO- EASY ADVICES : Fellowship’s Relativity, Asymmetry, and Janus-Syndrome. By William Harkness 1 st Annual SERC Doctoral Fellows Forum February 24, 2014 Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center Washington, DC www.sercuarc.org. William Harkness. JOB TITLE:

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5 6 NOT-SO- EASY ADVICES : Fellowship’s Relativity, Asymmetry, and Janus-Syndrome

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  1. 5 6 NOT-SO-EASY ADVICES: Fellowship’s Relativity, Asymmetry, and Janus-Syndrome By William Harkness 1st Annual SERC Doctoral Fellows Forum February 24, 2014 Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center Washington, DC www.sercuarc.org

  2. William Harkness JOB TITLE: Enterprise Domain Engineer • DOMAIN 1: Systems/Software Engineering & Analysis • DOMAIN 2: Environment PRIOR/CURRENT EXPERIENCES: • Project Engineer for two executives • Subject Matter Expert: Flammability, Project Manager 737 Insulation Team, and Lead • Innovation Engineer and Lead : Payloads Concept Center • Advanced Concept Center Researcher RESEARCH TOPIC: Assessing Set-Based Concurrent Engineering Scalability for Complex System of System Architectures. BCA Chief Engineer PD: New Airplanes Program: Dr. Mithra Sankrithi INITIAL SPONSOR & LOCAL ADVISOR CURRENT SPONSOR BR&T Senior Manager of Advanced Air Vehicle Concepts

  3. CONTENT • Rectors • Asymmetry in Corporation Environment • The Not-So-Special Theory of Relativity • Janus-Syndrome • Not-So-Simple Yet Seems So Simple Secret for Success (NSYSSSSFS)

  4. RECTORS • Finding a sponsor isn’t so easy. However finding the RIGHT sponsor is incredibly hard. • They need to understand 7 things: • Leave You Alone • Trust The Process • Failure Can be Positive • The result from the study might not be exactly what they signed up for • The Fellow also has 2 other academic based advisors pulling that person into different directions • Local Advisor • Doctorate Advisor • This is for 3 years budgeting, word is bond. • The Fellow has another priorities that s/he is responsible for as well • Work • Family • Health • Bills

  5. Asymmetry in Corporation Environment SPONSOR Business Unit COMPETITORS Home Organization Manager Policies FELLOW MOLASSES

  6. The Not-So-Special Theory of Relativity • Be prepared to understand that: • Others might not find value in your work • Folks might say assume without understanding fully what your paper is about and dismiss it • Family support might not always be there • Managers might not really like the fact you shortened your statement of work • You will disappoint your advisor more than once. • What? This isn’t the*: • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center • State Emergency Response Commissions • Software Engineering Research Center • State Education Resource Center • Science Education Resource Center • Serc (betahistinedihydrochlroide) Drug • Don’t expect to be promoted immediately after completion • Do it for personal enrichment and to give back to the Company for their faith in you. “You can please some of the people some of the time; all of the people some of the time; some of the people all of the time; but you can never please all of the people all of the time.” paraphrasing Abe *Type SERC in Google, Systems Engineering Research Center doesn’t even make the top 10

  7. JANUS-SYNDROME • SERC is what we need! • Best Idea Ever! • What an awesome investment! • Absolute a must for our company to survive in the 21st century. • Investing at only 20% per person is brilliant. • Oh we don’t actually have any budget for it • Maybe try X and see if s/he might have some budget or know someone who might? • Remind me later next year • If you can get me X project funded, I’ll try and get you sponsored

  8. NSYSSSSFSNot-So-Simple Yet Seems So Simple Secret for Success • Get A Fixed Office Location On Corporation Campus • Keep all of your Research books/findings in one Spot • Try to write at least ½ page a day • Do the math: 365 Days / Year at 0.5 = 182.5 pages • Encourage your colleagues to become a SERC Fellow. • Having a support system helps tremendously • Try Blogging your Research Paper Findings • Have your Advisor(s) look at it and give feedback • One Stop Shopping Center for your Dissertation • Keep it Open to Any Scrutiny • Write your Peer-Reviewed Journal Paper related to your Dissertation • That way you can just easily include it in there as a “section”

  9. LAST WORD “Not all those who wander are lost” J.R.R. Tolkein (Lord of the Rings)

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